Hon. Christy C. Balbo is a judge for the Bryan County Juvenile Court in Georgia.
In addition to presiding in Bryan County, Balbo also presides over the McIntosh County Juvenile Court.
Balbo received a bachelor's degree in political science and Classics from Duquesne University. She went on to complete a J.D. at Fordham University School of Law. While a law student, Balbo was an Editor of the Fordham Intellectual Property Media and Entertainment Law Journal. She also worked for the school’s Domestic Abuse Advocacy Group as well as for the Hon. Nicholas H. Politan and the Hon. Faith S. Hochberg with the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Prior to joining the judiciary, Balbo maintained her own private practice in Richmond Hill. At the firm, she handled real estate transactions, business law, contract litigation, and personal injury matters.
Before opening her firm, Balbo had practiced at a civil litigation firm in Savannah and was a civilian attorney with the Third Infantry Division Judge Advocate General’s Corps at Hunter Army Airfield.
While in private practice, Balbo is credited with being one of the first attorneys in the United States to handle the trial of a Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act matter in Federal Court and was one of only a handful of attorneys in the last thirty years to represent a juvenile in a criminal matter before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
She has taught Real Estate Law as an instructor at Armstrong University.
From a civic standpoint, Balbo has been involved with the Women’s Business Alliance of Richmond Hill, the Richmond/Bryan County Chamber of Commerce, the National Home Builder’s Association, the Exchange Club of Richmond Hill (vice-president), the Georgia Asociation of Women Lawyers, and the Fordham Alumni Association.
She received the General’s Pot of Gold Award for her work at Hunter Army Airfield in 2004.
Balbo was born and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey. Her husband, A.J., served at Fort Stewart with the Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps.